Posts Tagged ‘grass-fed’
June 21, 2015
TASTE TEST SCORE
Breed HB Tender HB
Juicy HB
Flavor RE
Tender RE
Juicy RE
Flavor BR
Tender BR Juicy BR Flavor Total
A Waygu
x Angus 58 58 56 57 60 50 57 57 50 503
B South
Poll 59 62 57 62 64 61 61 57 54 537
C Black
Angus 49 41 53 38 38 48 59 58 54 438
D Devonx comm’l 60 57 59 60 51 61 64 59 64 535
Total 226 218 225 217 213 220 241 231 222 2013
The summary of total points showed the South Poll scored the highest (537) followed by the Devon (535), Wagyu-Angus cross (503) and Black Angus (438). Also note, the South Poll scored highest overall of the four breeds for ribeye tenderness, juiciness and flavor. No definite conclusions can be reached based on this very narrow study. However, the data obtained is interesting and may be useful for future research ideas. The most important finding verified that 100% grass-fed beef can be produced without smelling bad, tasting funky and being tough.
It is worth noting the Pit Master said the quality and taste of the grass-fed beef presented at the tasting event far exceeded his expectations. Prior to processing, he firmly believed the Wagyu would place first in every category followed in quality order by the Black Angus, South Poll, and Devon in that order.
Cliff and Kay White are the owners of Holiday Ranch with locations in the Florida panhandle and southwest Missouri near Springfield. Holiday Ranch breeds South Poll cattle, a new grass-genetics breed of cattle bred specifically to excel on grass only in a hot, humid environment and produce tender, quality grass-fed beef.
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Tags: auction, bulls, cattle, cow, cows, Florida, for sale, grass, grass-fed, Holiday Ranch, livestock, northwest Florida, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle
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September 9, 2011
Hey everybody. I’m back! It has been a long, hot summer at Holiday Ranch. I have been busy with my vegetable gardening and canning, plus a number of other obligations that kept me from writing. I promise to do better now that things are slowing down a bit. The first item of exciting news is […]
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Tags: breed, bull, bulls, cattle, cow, cows, Florida, grass, grass-fed, heat tolerant, heifers, Holiday Ranch, livestock, northwest Florida, pasture, Sassafras Valley Ranch, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle
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May 18, 2011
When Holiday Ranch started in the South Poll business with 40 cows back in 2004, we had Dave Roberts (South Poll guru and keeper of all knowledge) select our herd sire. This “big boy” was M480. We knew M480 must be special because his photo was featured in the Bent Tree Farms brochure when he […]
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Tags: Bent Tree Farms, breed, Bruce Shanks, bull, bulls, calf, cattle, Chief, cow, cows, Florida, grass-fed, Holiday Ranch, M480, pasture, ranching, Sassafras Valley Ranch, semen, slick, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls
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May 15, 2011
Our friend Dave Roberts at Fort Payne asked us to reconsider consigning a female to the 2011 South Poll Field Day seed stock auction. We did not have any females for sale, but because “Dave asked”, we came up with a real jewel. Allow me to introduce Debutante 10110: 10110 is very special. Her sire […]
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May 15, 2011
The third South Poll Cattle Association annual meeting and field day will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 24th and 25th, at Bent Tree Farms, the home of Teddy and Linda Gentry and also the home of the South Poll breed, on Lookout Mountain near Fort Payne, Alabama.
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February 27, 2011
I’m sure you learned a lot about South Poll cattle and organic benefits to the consumer, producer, animal, and farmer. I hope you enjoyed all of the interesting facts because one day it just might come in handy.
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February 23, 2011
At Holiday Ranch we decided the time was right to include some milk in our pasture spraying.
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Tags: cattle, cows, Florida, grass, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, Holiday Ranch, livestock, northwest Florida, pasture, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle
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February 21, 2011
Is the winter of 2011 crazy, or what? Just watching the national weather lets us know that it may be the coldest winter in decades. Here in the Florida Panhandle it has been undeniably cold. Usually in the winter we have our very best grazing of the year. We plant winter annuals such as tritacale, […]
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Tags: bahia, cows, Florida, forage, grass farming, grass-fed, Grazing, Holiday Ranch, northwest Florida, pasture, ranching, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls, weather, winter annuals
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January 13, 2011
Hey Y’all! I’m back! Everyone that knows me understands that I am passionate about the food we eat. I want clean, healthy food. The way I assure the quality of our food is grow or raise much of it myself. This naturally applies to South Poll beef, but also to pork, chicken, and fish. I have an organic-type […]
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Tags: beef, chicken, Florida, food, food system, garden, grass-fed, Holiday Ranch, northwest Florida, organic, pork, vegetables
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December 6, 2010
Every day is Christmas at Holiday Ranch. Just ask our South Polls! Moo-o-o-y Christmas!
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Tags: bull, calf, cattle, Christmas, cows, Florida, grass-fed, Grazing, Holiday Ranch, livestock, northwest Florida, pasture, South Poll, South Poll Grass Cattle, South Polls
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